25-30th of March, 2014:

(29.03) No.522– Karol Mlynka – Mixed AUW with only 3 pieces! The problem is dedicated to the 60th birthday of Slovak composer Ivan Jarolín on the 31st of March. Best wishes from JF website as well!

(27.03) No.521– Chris Feather – An exotic four-men with neutral AUW and three fairy conditions! Enjoy author’s detailed comments to Mars Circe condition and to the both solutions of the problem! This problem I’ve got by postal mail.. and have thought again that there’s something special in the paper envelopes!

All previously published problems you can find in the subsections of Original Problems menu on the top. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2014(I) – Vlaicu Crișan. The judge for Retro and PG problems2013 – 2014 – Hans Gruber.

The AWARD of “Vladimir Zabunov – 85 MT” is published on KoBulChess.com!

“Here is the Award of the Vladimir Zabunov – 85 MT 2014! The tourney was announced in 2013 which was the 85 anniversary year of Zabunov’s birthday. I thank all participants and congratulate the awarded composers! Many thanks to the judge IGM Petko Petkov for his Award which is open for claims for next 30 days.”(Diyan Kostadinov)

Thanks a lot to the judge, Petko A. Petkov, and director of tournament, Diyan Kostadinov!

WinChloe – a new release and update of Echecs databaseas of 12-Mar-2014!

A new version of WinChloe solving program (by Christian Poisson) is released on 12th of March, 2014! See Readme of WinChloe 3.25 for features added or corrected.

The latest update (as of 12-Mar-2014) of WinChloeEchecs database is available for those, who uses it. The number of problems has increased till 516022!

316 of original problems published at Julia’sFairiesare added to WinChloe Echecs database as of 12-Mar-2014. Thanks a lot to all who does this huge work of updating and to the author, Christian Poisson!!

(11.03) No.512, 513– Kjell Widlert – a noted Swedish composer, editor of “Springaren” magazine and also the last time one of the best commentators on JF! Two problems by Kjell have an uncommon fairy conditions and minimal white material.

(11.03) No.511– Eric Huber – A nice dedication and complicated to solve three-man in typical Eric’s style! Not long ago I welcomed Eric as a judge of JF-2013/III, but this time I’m happy to welcome his first publication in Original Problems section of JF!

All previously published problems you can find in the subsections of Original Problems menu on the top. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2014(I) – Vlaicu Crișan. The judge for Retro and PG problems2013 – 2014 – Hans Gruber.

2nd-8th of March, 2014:

(07.03) No.509– Henryk Grudzinski – A problem by a noted Polish master of Retro and PG genre. An interesting position in PG13 created with Pawns only! Warm welcome to Henryk!

(05.03) No.508– Paul Rãican – A very interesting Retro-Miniature and the 2ndProca Retractor published on JF! The problem shows that there’s one more successful composer of Proca Retractor to the list given in the comments of No.495!

(02.03) No.500.1– Julia Vysotska & Petko A. Petkov – A three-solution version of No.500, full cycle!! I believe that the both – my idea and your comments – encouraged Mr.Petkov to achieve this beautiful position!

All previously published problems you can find in the subsections of Original Problems menu on the top. The judge for informal fairy tourney 2014(I) – Vlaicu Crișan. The judge for Retro and PG problems2013 – 2014 – Hans Gruber.

No.86 – Running JF Marine TT 2013I wanted to compose something with Marine pieces as well! The main idea was a play of black Marine pieces MS/SI, and it took me about a month (The 3rd FIDE World Cup in Composing 2013, G-Fairies; 1st HM)

Three problems from autumn’2013, all inspired by Zabunov TT 2013 (the same as myNo.400), with different transformations of initial batteries:

No.98 – October,2013 – Black half-battery transforms into two new Locust-specific batteries (KoBulChess – 2013, No.259)No.99 – October,2013 – My lovely Chameleons in transformation of a black half-battery. I believe this is one of the best Chameleon-problems I have (Шахматная композиция – 2013)No.102– 03-Nov-2013 – Transformation of neutral half-battery, using Take&Make condition (StrateGems – 2014)

And November’s toy, miniature with Chameleons:

No.103 – 08-Nov-2013 – Light miniature, funny play of two neutral Chameleons, who jump away from their lines to return back in a new guise! (VARIANTIM – 2013)